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Friday, October 21, 2011

Best of the Week #36

I hope you’re ready - this Best of the Week is pretty epic. Get excited.

First of all, I had a great run this morning! So yet again, I’m uncharastically happy this fabulous Friday. (I don’t know how/why/when Best of the Week became a state-of-Mollie report, but apparently it is...)

Anywhoozle,
I skipped Best of the Week last week (for a great guest post), so this list is 2 weeks of fun from the interwebs! Plus some unsolicited but greatly appreciated contributions from the Newbie.

“Have you heard of Gojee? Go there now and faint.
When you wake up, type in what foods you're craving, any allergies or dislikes,
and what's in your fridge. You'll be shown image after image of mouth watering
recipes that work with your tastes and ingredients on hand. You can even link
your grocery store rewards card to automatically integrate your new food
purchases. Amazing, right?”

Niblack
recalled feeling his longboard hit something as he surfed about 50 yards off
the Oregon Coast. After that bump, he said he saw a dorsal fin in front of him,
with his feet planted on 10 feet of shark back. As this was going on, he said
the shark's tail thrashed back and forth."It
was pretty terrifying just seeing the shape emerge out of nothing and just
being under me," Niblack told the AP on Wednesday. "And the fin
coming out of the water. It was just like the movies.

11:45a
Register for hot yoga class. Infinite wisdom tells me to commit to 5 class
package and purchase a yoga mat. I pay $89.74. Money well spent, I smugly
confirm to myself.
11:55a
Open door to yoga room. A gush of hot dry air rushes through and past me. It
smells of breath, sweat and hot. Take spot on floor in back of room next to
cute blonde. We will date.
11:57a
I feel the need to be as near to naked as possible. This is a problem because
of the hot blonde to my left and our pending courtship. She will not be pleased
to learn that I need to lose 30 pounds before I propose to her.

I am apparently the only person in the world without a smartphone. (It’s ok,
I’m not upset about it.) But for my more technologically advanced friends,
these 5 best time saving apps are supposed to be good.

Speaking
of mountains, I want to ski down a meringue frosted cupcake. (more)

Dag Hammarskjöld is my favorite Secretary General, for reasons far too wonky even for this blog…email me if you want more details! He was recently recognized by the UN.

Mr. Hammarskjöld was guided by an inner voice “never to do what was expedient or popular [but] always to do what he believed was right,” said Mr. Ban,speakingat Mr. Hammarskjöld’s graveside in Uppsala, Sweden. “For that, he stands out among the leaders of the past century.”

A Tibetan rap about pastry and listening to your parents. Adorable and surprisingly catchy! (source)

This postlooks like it’s about alcohol, but it’s actually about my second-favorite holiday: Marathon Monday! Aka the Boston Marathon.

But
I found it hard to root for this Ryan or for the female version of him who
threatened to win before falling apart at the very end when she remembered that
she was not, in fact, from the part of Michigan that is in East Africa.

If you made it to the end of this post - congrats! And thank you for reading. Have a great weekend!